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BELT TIE.

No. 308,785. Patented Dec'I 2, 1884.

NVEN-FUR- UNITED NSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

i ROBERT I. MOORE, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

BELT-TlE.

.'EEPECIPIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,785, dated`December ,2, 1884.

Application filed October 7, 1884. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern- Be. it known that I, ROBERT I. MooRE, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Belt-Ties, of Which thefollowing, taken in connection with the aoeompanying drawings, is afull, clear, and eXact description. f i This invention relates todevices for uniting the ends of machine-belts and analogous bands; andit consists of a metal plate of peculiar construction, as hereinafterfully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show opposite sides of a beltprovided with myinvention. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.Fig. 4 is a detached isometric view of my improved belt-tie, and Fig. 5is a plan view of the blank from which the aforesaid tie is formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A' represents the blank from which niyimproved belttie is formed. Saidblank Vconsists of aflat plate composed of the rectangular solid centralportion, c, from the two long edges of Which project prongs a a, whichare harpoon-shaped, and between the fixed ends of which the edges of theportion c are formed with eXcisions d d, for the purpose hereinafterexplained, and the two ends of the central portion, c, are formed withextensions b b, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The described blank I stamp out of anysuitable sheet m/etal possessingthe requisite strengthmaiidpliability.

Bybending flefprongs a a at right angles to the plane of the centralportion, a, and in one and the same direction, I obtain the deviceA,,(illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings,)

which represents the belt-tie ready for use. In

applying the same to a belt I force the two rows of prongs a a,respectively, through the two end portions of the belt to be tied, fromone side thereof, then bend over and clinch the said prongs on theopposite side of the belt, and bend the end extensions, b b, around thetwo side edges of the belt and over onto the opposite side thereof, andclinch on the latter the said extensions b b, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

It Will be observed that when my invention is applied to a belt, asdescribed and shown, the harpoon-shaped clinching-prongs obtain a securehold on the belt by the excisions d between the heels of the prongs,which excis ions allow the intermedate portions of the belt to spread orexpand around the heels of the aforesaid clinched prongs, and thuseffectually prevent the withdrawal of the same. The embracing of theside edges of the belt by the end extensions, b b, of the tie serves toprotect the said edges and prevent the 1'avel-.

ing of the same.

What I claim as my invention is The improved belt-tie, composed of therectangular central porton, c, harpoon shaped prongs a a, projectingfrom the long edges of the portion c, and at right angles therefrom,excisions between the heels of said prongs, and end extensions, b b, allformed in one piece,

stamped out of sheet metal, substantially asv described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal,in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 24th day of September, 1884.

ROBERT I. MOORE. [.I.. s.l]

\Vitnessesz FREDERICK H. GIBBs, O. H. DUELL.

